Cleveland Museum of Art

Pair of Bottle Coolers (Seaux à rafraîchir)

Saint Cloud Porcelain Factory

Date

c. 1730

Medium

soft-paste porcelain with enamel and gilt decoration

Culture

France, Saint Cloud, 18th century

Department

Decorative Art and Design

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Saint-Cloud Porcelain Factory was known for its innovation in color. Shades of green and blue are used to paint the main decoration of these bottle coolers, a palette typical of the Chinese porcelain famille verte. The alternating red and gold outlines of the figures and objects is relatively rare and generally only seen on two shapes produced at Saint-Cloud, bottle coolers and cream pots. These bottle coolers would have been used to cool glasses or small bottles.

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